After confirming that her inner personality was not angry, Seele's mood improved considerably, and she carried that mood all the way down the shrine steps.
However... when Seele reached the exit at the bottom of the steps, a familiar voice rang out nearby.
"Seele!"
Hearing someone call her name, Seele looked toward the voice and saw a familiar high school girl in a school uniform walking toward her with a little girl in a red kimono.
"Oto... and Kazuko? Why are you here?"
Seele was a little surprised to see Kujou Oto and Kazuko approaching.
Especially Kazuko, that Zashiki-warashi. When Seele had previously asked her to leave with her, she had refused. Yet now she had appeared here together with Kujou Oto.
But thinking about it, that was only natural. Kanou had already left the barrier, leaving Kazuko alone. Of course, she could not have stayed there any longer.
Now it seemed that after Kanou left, Kazuko had gone looking for Kujou Oto!
At that thought, Seele suddenly felt a little awkward, even feeling unable to face Kujou Oto and Kazuko.
Kanou was their friend, and they were even closer to her. Yet her inner personality had trained their friend into that state...
When they saw Kanou later, would Kujou Oto and the others... cut ties with her on the spot?
It's all your fault! What am I supposed to do now?
Seele could not help complaining anxiously to her inner personality.
"Relax. That kitty knows her limits. She won't let it show."
Her inner personality did not take Seele's worries to heart at all.
"I hope so."
Seele could only pray. She did not want to lose these two friends. Seele had very few friends, and every one of them was worth cherishing.
"Seele, what's wrong?"
While Seele was